Archive | July, 2012

Media Advisory: Kensington Market Street Planters to be Unveiled

25 Jul

Media Advisory
July 25, 2012
Kensington Market Street Planters to be Unveiled
Councillor Adam Vaughan (Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina), and Mike Shepherd, Chair of the Kensington Market Business Improvement Area (BIA), will unveil new planters with swing gates that will enable streets to occasionally function as pedestrian priority areas in the market. The City of Toronto and Kensington Market BIA worked cooperatively to develop the swinging-gate planters after eight years of summer events in Kensington for Pedestrian Sundays.
Date: Friday July 27, 2012
Time: 9:30am
Location: 160 Baldwin St. (West of Spadina)
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Media contacts:
Councillor Adam Vaughan, City Councillor, Ward 20 – Trinity-Spadina, 416-392-4044,Councillor_Vaughan@toronto.ca
Yvonne Bambrick, Coordinator, Kensington Market Business Improvement Area, 416-826-2964,coordinator@kensingtonmarketbia.ca

Planters / Swing-gates being installed & planted this week

25 Jul

As per community consultations in the fall & winter, Kensington Market’s new planters with swing-gates are finally being installed this evening, and will be filled/planted on July 26 with a variety of native grasses.

In collaboration with Councillor Adam Vaughan, the Kensington Market BIA will hold a brief media launch on the morning of Friday July 27th.

The City of Toronto, and the Kensington Market BIA worked cooperatively to develop a swinging gate attached to a planter following 8 years of temporary road closures in Kensington for Pedestrian Sundays.

This new seasonally permanent infrastructure will allow the streets of the market to more easily function as pedestrian priority zones during permitted street events.

These swing-gates are attached to a planter at one side of the street in roughly the same locations as the temporary barriers used for Pedestrian Sunday events. The swing-gate barrier can be easily rolled out across the street – they are moveable allowing emergency  vehicles to access the neighbourhood.

These planters/swing-gates, which each feature an iconic photograph of Kensington Market that has been lasered into the steel gate, are owned and paid for by the Public Realm Office, and will be maintained by the Kensington Market BIA.  The City will remove the planters/gates in the fall for snow removal purposes over the winter.

July 29th Pedestrian Sunday: Summer! Off-the-Grid

25 Jul

July 29th is our 2nd Pedestrian Sunday festival of the year!

Pedestrian-only streets throughout Kensington Market featuring musical and cultural performances, art-market, street food, sidewalk sales, and family-friendly discoveries around every corner.

See you in the streets from 12 to 7pm!

Rain or Shine :)

BIA Board of Management meeting: July 9th @ 10am – Agenda

5 Jul

Location: Centre for Social Innovation,
215 Spadina Ave. Suite 400
Alterna Boardroom
Date:       Monday July 9, 2012
Time:       10am – 1:00pm

AGENDA:

1.    Call to Order by Chair
2.    Approval of Consent Agenda
3.    Declaration of Conflict of Interest
4.    Presentation by Councillor Vaughan – Heritage Preservation & OMB information (10:15 to 11am)
5.    AGM date selection (September 16th – 28th or October?)
6.    Treasurer’s Report June
7.    Planters – selection of gardening quote
8.    Presentation by Fiona Chapman – Seasonal planters/gates (11:30)
9.    Marketing – review of logo use guidelines
10.  Update re: ‘Project Post’ Toronto Police
11.  Mural Project – approve StART agreement with City
12.  Updates: PSK, Market Sundays, Tree Stump Seating
13.  Other business
14.  Adjournment